Global political history

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California

Executive Branch of California

US Military Government

Military Governor of California
Commodore Robert Field Stockton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1795; d. October 7 1866.

Non-Partisan

1846 – 1847

Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1794; d. October 31 1848.

Non-Partisan

1847

John Charles Frémont

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1813; d. July 13 1890.

Non-Partisan

1847


California

Governor of California
Milton Slocum Latham

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1827; d. March 4 1882.

Democratic Party

1860

Amasa Leland Stanford

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1824; d. June 21 1893.

Republican Party

1862 – 1863

Frederick Ferdinand Low

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1828; d. July 21 1894.

Republican Party

1863 – 1867

George Stoneman, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1822; d. September 5 1894.

Democratic Party

1883 – 1887

Hiram Warren Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1866; d. August 6 1945.

Republican Party (1911 – 1912); Progressive Party (1912 – 1916); Republican Party (1916 – 1917)

1911 – 1917

Earl Warren

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1891; d. July 9 1974.

Republican Party

1943 – 1953

Edmund Gerald “Pat” Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1905; d. February 16 1996.

Democratic Party

1959 – 1967

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1911; d. June 5 2004

Republican Party

1967 – 1975

Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1983

Peter Barton “Pete” Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1933.

Republican Party

1991 – 1999

Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.

Democratic Party

2011 – 2019

Gavin Christopher Newsom

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1967.

Democratic Party

2019 – present


Lieutenant Governor of California
Frederick Francis Houser

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1904; d. December 25 1989.

Republican Party

1943 – 1947

Robert Hutchinson Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1925; d. October 10 1995.

Republican Party

1967 – 1969

Howard Edwin “Ed” Reinecke

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1924; d. December 24 2016.

Republican Party

1969 – 1974

John Loren Harmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1934; d. December 6 2019.

Republican Party

1974 – 1975

Gavin Christopher Newsom

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1967.

Democratic Party

2011 – 2019




Government of California

Secretary of State of California
Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.

Democratic Party

1971 – 1975

Alejandro “Alex” Padilla

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1973.

Democratic Party

2015 – 2021


Attorney General of California
Edward Colston Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 29 1821; d. July 9 1893.

Democratic Party

1883 – 1887

Earl Warren

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1891; d. July 9 1974.

Republican Party

1939 – 1943

Robert Walker Kenny

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1901; d. July 20 1976.

Democratic Party

1943 – 1947

Edmund Gerald “Pat” Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1905; d. February 16 1996.

Democratic Party

1951 – 1959

Daniel Edward “Dan” Lungren

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1946.

Republican Party

1991 – 1999

Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1938.

Democratic Party

2007 – 2011

Kamala Devi Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1964.

Democratic Party

2011 – 2017

Kathleen Alice Kenealy (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. unknown.

Democratic Party

2017


State Treasurer of California
Jesse Marvin Unruh

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1922; d. August 4 1987.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1987


State Controller of California
Thomas Henry Kuchel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1910; d. November 21 1994.

Republican Party

1946 – 1953

Alan MacGregor Cranston

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1914; d. December 31 2000.

Democratic Party

1959 – 1967

Houston Irving Flournoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1929; d. January 7 2008.

Republican Party

1967 – 1975




California State Legislature

California State Senate

Majority Leader of the California State Senate
Charles Michael Calderon

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.

Democratic Party

1996 – 1998


California State Assembly

Speaker of the California State Assembly
Jesse Marvin Unruh

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1922; d. August 4 1987.

Democratic Party

1961 – 1969

Robert “Bob” Moretti

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1936; d. May 12 1984.

Democratic Party

1971 – 1974

Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.

Democratic Party

1980 – 1995

Karen Ruth Bass

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1953.

Democratic Party

2008 – 2010


Majority Leader of the California State Assembly
Howard Lawrence Berman

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1941.

Democratic Party

1974 – 1980

Karen Ruth Bass

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1953.

Democratic Party

2006 – 2008

Charles Michael Calderon

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.

Democratic Party

2010 – 2012


Minority Leader of the California State Assembly
Jesse Marvin Unruh

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1922; d. August 4 1987.

Democratic Party

1969 – 1970

Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1950.

Democratic Party

1995

Kevin Owen McCarthy

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1965.

Republican Party

2006 – 2008